Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF) is a

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

established in 2004. The group is the lead organizer of

Software Freedom Day Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide celebration of Free Software organized by the Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF). SFD is a public education effort with the aim of increasing awareness of Free Software and its virtues, and enc ...

, and

Hardware Freedom Day Hardware Freedom Day is an annual celebration organized by the Digital Freedom Foundation. The goal of Hardware Freedom Day is to celebrate the spirit of Open-source hardware, open hardware and make more people aware of using and contributing to fr ...

, as well as other "freedom days".

History

The organization was founded in 2004 as Software Freedom International, and formally registered as a charity in 2007. In 2011, the group changed its name to the "Digital Freedom Foundation" to reflect the creation of additional "freedom days" celebrating

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, hardware, and

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.About Digital Freedom Foundation
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, which was initially started by the

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. The DFF had received tax-empt status in the

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under its original name in order to make donations

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. Since then, the organization moved to

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before registering in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

following the relocation of several board members.

Events

The Digital Freedom Foundation organizes the following "freedom day" events: * Education Freedom Day (third Saturday in January) *

(last Wednesday of March) *

(third Saturday in April) *

Culture Freedom Day Culture Freedom Day is an observance of free culture. It takes place annually on the third Saturday of May. It aims at educating the worldwide public about the benefits of using and encouraging free culture as well as providing an international da ...

(third Saturday in May) *

(third Saturday in September)

Board members

* Frederic Muller (President), founding member and former President of the

Beijing GNU/Linux User Group The Beijing GNU/Linux User Group (BLUG) was founded in Beijing on November 19, 2002, and has since met at least monthly without exception. It was awarded Best SFD 2007 event (1 of 3), Golden Bull 2008 by CSDN RUR-PLE RUR - Python Learning Environment (RUR-PLE) is an educational tool to help students learn the Python programming language. Made by André Roberge. RUR-PLE uses the idea behind Karel the Robot, making the learning of Python programming more interes ...

(a python learning environment for children) and a

GNOME A gnome is a mythological creature and diminutive spirit in Renaissance magic and alchemy, first introduced by Paracelsus in the 16th century and later adopted by more recent authors including those of modern fantasy literature. Its characte ...

Foundation member. * Pockey Lam (VP, Treasurer), Former president of

Beijing GNU/Linux User Group The Beijing GNU/Linux User Group (BLUG) was founded in Beijing on November 19, 2002, and has since met at least monthly without exception. It was awarded Best SFD 2007 event (1 of 3), Golden Bull 2008 by CSDN Beijing GNU/Linux User Group The Beijing GNU/Linux User Group (BLUG) was founded in Beijing on November 19, 2002, and has since met at least monthly without exception. It was awarded Best SFD 2007 event (1 of 3), Golden Bull 2008 by CSDN Pia Waugh Pia Andrews (née Pia Smith, also formerly known as Pia Waugh), born 1979, is an open government leader and the ''Special Advisor, Digital & Client Data Workstream Lead'' for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Andrews spearheaded ...

(President), of

Linux Australia Linux Australia is the national, Australian Free and Open Source Software Community organisation. It was founded in 1997 and formally incorporated in New South Wales as a non-profit organisation in 1999. Linux Australia aims to represent Australian ...

* Henrik Nilsen Omma of TheOpenCD project * Phil Harper, of TheOpenCD project *

Benjamin Mako Hill Benjamin Mako Hill is a free software activist, hacker, author, and professor. He is a contributor and free software developer as part of the Debian and Ubuntu projects as well as the co-author of three technical manuals on the subject, ''Debia ...

, of the

Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)#501(c)(3), 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman on October 4, 1985, to support the free software movement, with the organization's preference for software being distributed ...

* Sidsel Jensen, DKUUG *

Frederick Noronha Frederick Noronha (born 23 December 1963) in São Paulo, Brazil is a journalist based in Saligão in the Bardez taluka of Goa. He is active in cyberspace and involved with e-ventures involving Goa, developmental concerns and free software. No ...

, Goa SFD Team * Joe Olutuase, o
Knowledge House Africa
* Robert Schumann, of TheOpenCD project * Jan Husar

References

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External links

Digital Freedom Foundation
Free and open-source software organizations

History

Events

Board members

See also

References

External links